[Wytwwww]

It would only work if the specific government agency/actor could successfully conceal such actions from the rest of the government agencies, courts, media etc. etc. No such safety checks exist in Russia or other pseudo-fascist states.

If the Russian government is blackmailing you your are certainly screwed. In US.. well it depends but you could quite easily bring down the people doing this to you with yourself if you chose not to comply. Therefore no rational US government "actor" would engage in something like that outside of extreme circumstances.

[yeputons]

> In US.. well it depends but you could quite easily bring down the people doing this to you with yourself

I personally don't see much difference between "going down" and "going down together with other people". At least for myself and my family. I'm screwed anyway.

[Wytwwww]

It has more to do with shifting the cost/incentives for the other side which would reduce the likelihood of you ending up in such a position.